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Nobuko Kobayashi

COMMENTARY / Japan

Jun 4, 2018

Japan's past should be its future

An obsession with service offers Japanese companies a competitive advantage.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.

The second life of Japan's net cafes

By Alex K.T. Martin

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